Shshshsh! Private Parties in Paris….

When I first moved to Paris, I quickly found out that the real nightlife was not in the bars or in the clubs but in the Parisian apartments. House parties. House parties galore. I wasn’t sure at first how I was going to get invited to one, but sure enough, if you break away from…

I’m a Bit of a Loner in Paris but That’s Ok With Me.

“How is Paris?” I’ve been asked by friends back home since my recent move here. “Oh Fashion Week is a blast”. The reality is, as it stands, to gain access to the inside of a fashion show here, I would have to somehow tunnel my way in. Paris, let alone Paris Fashion Week has no…

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The MessyNessyChic Airbnb Guide to Paris

This is long overdue. I don’t know how many times I’ve got an email from a reader asking for some advice on where to book an AirBnb in Paris, so I’ve finally got around to making a wishlist of my favourite stays for all budgets, group sizes and tastes. Each one is located in an area I think you…

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Inside the Secret Parisian Warehouse where the French Presidents Go Furniture Shopping

Picture an IKEA warehouse – but make it chic – and add an inventory of priceless furniture, textiles and objects that date as far back as the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, who indisputably raised the bar on what we’ll call French ‘power decorating’ for centuries to come. A sprawling Art Deco reinforced…

10 Ways to Fall in Love with Paris (Again) on a Boat

Parisians are drawn to the water. But so, too, are tourists. Boatfuls of them are ferried north, south, east and west throughout the year, with a steady soundtrack of tour guides indicating “to your left, you will see…”. Give the “Bateaux-Mouches” a wide berth this summer and experience the Seine and Napoleonic canals like a…

We’re Soon to be Dining in an Abandoned Metro Station in Paris

It’s finally happening. A sleeping ghost station in Paris’ revered 6eme arrondissement; just a few steps from iconic French cafés and the world’s first luxury department store; a forgotten metro stop is finally going to be transformed, slated to become the city’s hottest new underground restaurant. If this all kinda rings a bell, it’s because in 2013,…

Legendary Paris Nightclub of the 80s Reopens as a Cultural Shrine to David Bowie

On a steamy summer night in 1981, it wasn’t unusual to find David Bowie surrounded by Paris’ premiere debs and drag queens, tossing around a blow-up ball in an underground discotheque pool, or Grace Jones singing “La Vie en Rose” on a Harley Davidson at clubs like Le Palace – the French capital’s answer to Studio…

MessyNessy’s “Don’t Be a Tourist in Paris” Playlist

Of course your new book “Don’t be a Tourist in Paris” needs its own soundtrack! No cliché French songs (okay maybe one or two of my favourites), but I promise you could show this to any self-respecting Parisian and they’d rate it a “un très bon” playlist. And you’d be surprised how nostalgic the French are about…

A Paris Movie with Messy Nessy

Et voilà. Oh boy. This is happening. Messy Nessy is officially making the leap into the realm of video. It’s been months in the making and it’s with slightly sweaty palms that I present to you the very first episode of our new web series, “Don’t be a Tourist in Paris”. Come hang out with me…

A Virtual Dinner Date at the Parisian Restaurant That Inspired “Ratatouille”

Opening a restaurant is like playing service industry roulette. Yet, somehow, Paris’ La Tour d’Argent — quite literally, “The Silver Tower” — says it’s survived 436 years of history on the Left Bank, with a backside view of Notre Dame, as the unmatched king of posh Parisian cuisine. Whether it’s really that old is almost irrelevant; it’s become a…